(SOE rhymes with TOE, the theory of everything, the Holy Grail of mathematical physics, but less attainable than the sacred object).
"I found that having enough money [where] nearly any material object or status symbol is attainable has removed the excitement and desire for things I always wanted but couldn't afford before I became successful.
For regular porous structures, it is difficult to control the pore shapes and distributions locally; for reconstructed models, a design is attainable only if there are some existing objects to reconstruct from.
As Machiavelli put it: "Nature has so constituted men that, though all things are objects of desire, not all things are attainable; so that desire always exceeds the power of attainment, with the result that men are ill content with what they possess and their present state brings them little satisfaction".
Hundreds of costumes, scenic objects and interior design components are attainable, either through gaining experience in the game, or via microtransaction payments; imaginative players are able to assemble these into recognisable cinematic moments - albeit with brashly coloured pets replacing the actors.
It is increasingly unlikely that the 2005 deadline for a common market for financial services in the European Union will be attainable.See article: Pull up the drawbridgeItaly's government did not object to a hostile bid for Montedison, a large power company, from Fiat and Electricité de France that valued the firm at around euro5 billion ($4.2 billion).
FOR SHOPPERS, $100 is a magic number, the point at which objects acquire a patina of importance and yet are still attainable.
The work in question, Josh Kline's "Cost of Living (Aleyda)," at the Whitney, is made up of 3-D-printed objects whose data files offer a higher resolution than is attainable with current printers.
"If a group of people is willing to not panic and trust the process, and you mix that with a sensory overload via music and food," he said, "I think what tends to happen is the object we make is really embedded with a spirit that's not attainable in a conventional way".
